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I went to get dental work done in Medellin, Colombia. Two whitening treatments, perhaps a dozen fillings. My Atlanta dentist wanted to do an inlay on one of my
by vinceguidry 11y ago
I went to get dental work done in Medellin, Colombia. Two whitening treatments, perhaps a dozen fillings. My Atlanta dentist wanted to do an inlay on one of my teeth. I'd already had two done that year and just couldn't afford to have them keep working on my teeth.
When I got to Medellin, my dentist did not want to do the inlay, said it was too invasive and that he would rather fill it.
It cost less to fly to Medellin, get all my work knocked out, than it would have for just the one inlay. And I absolutely believe that my Colombian dentist, who spoke English quite well, did better work than the Atlanta guy did. My teeth look better than they have in years.
I will never again have significant medical procedures done in the US.
- luciusism 11y agoWould you be willing to disclose the place you went?
- vinceguidry 11y agoOf course! This guy: http://medellindentist.simpl.com/index.html http://medellindentist.simpl.com/index.html
- mrfusion 11y agoHow did you choose this place (and country)?
- vinceguidry 11y agoI was going to Medellin for RubyConf Colombia and thought I'd get my dental stuff taken care of while I was down there. To find the particular dentist, I reckoned that so long as the dentist spoke English and the office was well-equipped, I'd be fine, so I did a quick search on Google for Medellin dentists, picking the one that I found had the best copy on his website. Given that few in Colombia know a lot of English, it's a good bet that the dentist would be writing the copy himself. If I got to the office and got spooked for whatever reason, I could always just line up another dentist or just forgo getting the work done. But Dr. Mejia was great.